“It was his A-4 that fired the rocket on the Forrestal’s deck that damned near ended up sinking the carrier.” WRONG the Zuni 5 inch rocket that was fired hit the jet NEXT to MacPain’s, MacPain escaped by going hand over hand and dangling and dropping off of the Re-Fueling rod to safety.
I hate to defend McLame because he’s been a traitor since the day he first took office as a Congressman and worked with Kerry to shut down investigations into POWs. But he actually was a hero that day on the Forrestal. After he escaped his plane he helped another pilot escape the flames IIRC. No easy thing with Jet A fuel blazing up everywhere.